| devil | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 9.9 | 33 | 25 |
| ORK - Orkney | 89.4 | 9 | 6 |
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 16.3 | 5 | 3 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | 13.3 | 3 | 2 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 14.6 | 6 | 4 |
| WCE - West Central | 8.9 | 2 | 2 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | 6.2 | 1 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 15.4 | 3 | 3 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 3.9 | 3 | 3 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | |||
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu his wan devil's mark. on page 16
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the kirkyard at night wae the devil himsel. I'd selt me bairn's s on page 21
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in cahoots wae the devil, on page 30
1 matches
Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n accused o consortan wae the devil, some based on fact, some mee on page 34
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me kilt scratched like the devil and me feet swalled up like d on page 3
Until some devil taks him and he's in the soup on page 14
2 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheu lies wae the devil. on page 75
1 matches
Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
‘Whit the devil are you doing here, peedie la
1 matches
Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ry stuff oot. Yur like a dare devil. Ah hope yi grow up to have t
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the waves crashed against the Devil’s Peatstack in a mash o foa
n weird shapes as if tortured Devil’s imps in the depths o desp
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
m if he wiz gyan tae face the Devil again. He'd deen it eence at
1 matches
@_DawnLeslie tweeted
was an aul NE name for the devil though... ?????(2020)
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
For angels' wings (or devil's back): This horse shall ser on page 3
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hughie and The Devil on page 35
"Ye stupit eejit!" The Devil tormented him all the way bac on page 43
3 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ic as "baudran" (the cat) or "Devil's pictur'd beuks" (playin cai
1 matches
Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e last known sightin ae those devil wains. Ower the next week it
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cunt takin their pet Kitchen Devil a walk. A stoat up tae him bu on page 12
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gien Ged a wink as ah go. The devil dug makes another lunge, gnas
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Preen oot this devil frae your saule. on page 23
1 matches
@raiphsays tweeted
Nevar too erly tae werr devil horns! :D(2020)